Change tray



C. DE W. RADLIFF CHANGE TRAY Filed Nov. 30. 1925 aaazzmwm Patented Dec.22, 1925.

Unirse STATEs CHARLES DE WITT RADLIFF, F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CHANGE TRAY.

Application :filed November 30, 1923. Serial No. 677,874.

To (/.ZZ whom t 'may concern.'

Ee it known that I, CHARLES D. RADLIFF,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and usefulChange Tray, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a change tray adapted to facilitate thedelivery of change J in ticket offices, banks, stores and wherever aquick delivery of coins is desirable.

One of the objectsof the invention is to provide a simple form of trayhaving means whereby coins deposited thereon will be retained until thetray is tilted'whereupon the contents of the tray will be caused togravitate into the hand used for tilting it.

A further object is to provide a tray of this character which can beused for delivering coins from either end.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character which ischeap to manufacture, eiiicient, and will not readily get out of order.

lV ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of partsv and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings- Figure l is a plan view of the tray, a`

portion thereof being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, one position of the tray whentilted'being indicated by broken lines. y

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates asupporting member the front and back portions of which preferablyconverge upwardly, there being sockets 2 at the top of said member, apair of these sockets being located at each side of` the member.

The tray has been indicated at 3 and is provided at diametricallylopposite points with outlet extensions s. Side flanges' are extendedupwardly from the tray andare preferably curved to constitute the sidewalls` Extending downwardly and outwardly' from each end portion of thetray is an'arm 8, there being a sufficient space between this arm andthe bottom Vof the tray at the outlet end thereof to allow the insertionof a portion of the hand beneath the outlet.

When it is desired to use the device for the purpose of transferringchange from one person to another, the pay-er places the change in thetray where it is prevented from rolling off by the langess and the gates6. The payee places a hand palm upward on the nearest arm 6 and insertsa portion of the hand under the adjacent outlet portion of the tray. Thearm is then thrust downwardly by means of the hand,

causing the tray to tilt, asv shown kby *broken lines in Fig. 2. rlhusthe lower gate 6 will lio swing open and the coins resting on the traywill gravitate to the lower outlet thereof and into the palm of thehandused for 'depressing the tray. .The same operation is carried out whenit is desired to deliver coins-to a person at the other end of the tray.

It will be seen that' the structure is very simple, durable, eflicientand can easily be J placed within the window of a cage containing aticket seller, cashier or other person to whom money is to be delivered.

By mounting the tray '3 as illustrated,

with the nodes orprojections 7 normally` seated in sockets 2, it ispossible quickly to remove the tray from its supporting mem-A berwhenever it is desired, for example, to

leach through the cage opening in whichv the tray is mounted.

What is claimed is: A change tray including I a support having spacedsockets in the top thereof adjai cent opposite ends, a tray removablebodily from the support and having oppositely eX- when either end of thetray is raised or tending outlet portions projecting beyond loweredrelative-to the support.

opposite ends of the support, and projec- In testimony that I claim theforegoing 10 tions extending 'downwardly from the tray as my own, I havehereto aiixed my sigand normally seated in the respective socketsnature.

to hold the tray in normal position, saidprojection constituting ulerumsfor the tray CHARLES DE WITT RADLIFF.

